The appeal reads that the UN Security Council adopted enough of decisions to settle the conflict. The present inactivity of the Council member states, as well as of the UN itself under such conditions "causes defensible discontent of the Azerbaijan public".

This was reported by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.

The appeal was caused by the clash of the police with a group of oppositionists and journalists that took place in front of the Baku Police headquarters on September 8. As a result several people, including media workers, suffered.

"The materials published on the website "Kavkaz-Center" should be interpreted as a certain incitement against occupation Russian authorities in Chechnya and beyond its limits, however there is no incitement against the Russians and Christians themselves - this is the basic difference", declared the chairman of the commission.

As one of the authors of the draft, Parliament Vice-Speaker Tigran Torosian, reported, henceforth the ombudsman is appointed for a six-year term, he has no right to interfere in a trial, but he may introduce motions for fair treatment within the limits of the European norms on human rights.

Four sappers from the Georgian peacekeeping contingent stationed in Iraq have been transferred from a hospital in Kuwait to the United States for medical treatment. The Georgian Defense Ministry stated such a decision had been taken upon the recommendation of their US colleagues.

The National Assembly of Armenia ratified by 92 ayes with 1 nay Protocol 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights providing for the death penalty abolition.

On September 8 residents of the Jandara village in Eastern Georgia, mainly ethnic Azerbaijanians, held a rally protesting against local authorities.

Members of Azerbaijan's opposition Popular Front Party clashed with police in Baku on Monday. The incident occurred in front of the Baku police headquarters.

To all appearances, the unsanctioned detention of Kerimov, Patsayev, and Idigov is a way to put pressure upon Vagap Tutakov, the special representative of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the PACE.

Ziman Christoph noted Armenia had joined the Council of Europe voluntarily and undertaken concrete obligations, so it must respect the rules of this organization, including those for the unconditional death penalty abolition.

They made such a decision at the meeting of Chechen non-government organizations in Nazran on September 7.

Having briefly examined the course of the mission execution, the judge decided to carry over the date of the sitting for three weeks.

As the Secretary-General's official representative informed, Deng is visiting Russia on September 8-12 by the invitation of the Russian government.

Seven members of the Russian Movement for Chechen Independence demonstrated in central Moscow on September 6.

Film festival organizers include human rights organizations known in the world. As the organizers of the Festival inform, the aim of this large-scale action is to acquaint world public with the best independent and not politically booked films about war in Chechnya.

Top government officials and representatives of non-government organizations of Georgia agreed on the National Action Plan against Torture for 2003-2005, the OSCE Mission in Georgia reported on September 7.

The Stavropol region's Center for Social Aid to the Family and Children became one of the seven regional centers of the Russian Federation which were entrusted to develop socially important programs.

On the night of September 2, 2003 Russian servicemen killed local resident Mukhtarov Umar in the village of Yandi-Kotar of the Achkhoy-Martan region.

Mass subornation of voters by candidate Mustafa Batdyev were fixed during the election, reported Mikhail Arutyunov, the President of the International Assembly for Human Rights Protection, international observer accredited by the Russian Central Election Commission.